SCHEDULE 28 Increase in Penalties for Drug-Related Offences
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (2003 c 44) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 28 Increase in Penalties for Drug-Related Offences

Section 284

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c 38)

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(1)     Schedule 4 to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (prosecution and punishment of offences) is amended as follows.

(2)     In column 6 of that Schedule (punishments for offences under that Act committed in relation to Class C drugs), in each of the following entries, for “5 years†there is substituted “14 yearsâ€.

(3)

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